Dellucci TailGator wrote:Dare I say he's got a little Utley in that swing? Not expecting him to be an MVP, but like Brantley last year, it's clear he is a ML hitter even if the results don't come right away.

I was thinking more along the lines of Nap Lajoie or Rogers Hornsby. Too aggressive?

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pup wrote:Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

pup wrote:Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

I had no clue we were going to get Jimenez, so I thought Fukodome was simply us making a trade to say we made a trade. I was ambivalent, but my only thought was at least we got a guy who actually gets on base who can bat leadoff for us. So we put our guy who gets on base more frequently than anyone else on the team by a large margin (outside hafner) and who also has no power in the number 6 hole. It's beyond incomprehensible.

pup wrote:Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

Dellucci TailGator wrote:Dare I say he's got a little Utley in that swing? Not expecting him to be an MVP, but like Brantley last year, it's clear he is a ML hitter even if the results don't come right away.

I was thinking more along the lines of Nap Lajoie or Rogers Hornsby. Too aggressive?

I'm sticking with my comp from LS a couple of weeks ago...Carlos Baerga. Not that he looks/swings like Baerga, but that's the kind of production we could get from him in his prime.

Hopefully he doesn't eat/drink his way out of the league.

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Dellucci TailGator wrote:Dare I say he's got a little Utley in that swing? Not expecting him to be an MVP, but like Brantley last year, it's clear he is a ML hitter even if the results don't come right away.

I was thinking more along the lines of Nap Lajoie or Rogers Hornsby. Too aggressive?

I'm sticking with my comp from LS a couple of weeks ago...Carlos Baerga. Not that he looks/swings like Baerga, but that's the kind of production we could get from him in his prime.

pup wrote:Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

Japanese players don't work out well for us. Tadano, Ohka, Fukudome.

Let's still to one of the Koreas and men like Choo.

My 10,000 Yen.

Tadano blew.

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pup wrote:Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

pup wrote:Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

Japanese players don't work out well for us. Tadano, Ohka, Fukudome.

Let's still to one of the Koreas and men like Choo.

My 10,000 Yen.

Tadano blew.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Personally, I think he was all wrong for baseball. Should have tried football. He was a hell of a receiver.

pup wrote:Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

What I remember about Tadano was his use of the eephus pitch against David Ortiz. Papi stood there, saw it float and then had the bottom of it drop out for a strike. All he could do was smile afterwards.

As we've threadjacked, here's a Japanese documentary of Kaz. Hilarity.

On his reaction to Orlando Cabrera getting traded: “At first, it was almost put off to the side because we kept hearing about the Ubaldo [Jimenez] trade talks. A lot of people didn’t even know about the trade at first. It was like, ‘Hey, did you hear Orlando got traded, too? Oh, really?’

“I never got to talk to him too much. For all that stuff about his presence in the locker room, you’d have to talk to the other guys on the team. I was only here for about a week before he was traded. I’m sure I wasn’t his favorite player, but he handled it professionally.

“[The trade] was a little bit of confidence boost. It was like, ‘OK, these guys really believe in me; it’s time to step up, meet the challenge and reward them for the faith they’re putting in me.’”

fairvis wrote:What I remember about Tadano was his use of the eephus pitch against David Ortiz. Papi stood there, saw it float and then had the bottom of it drop out for a strike. All he could do was smile afterwards.

As we've threadjacked, here's a Japanese documentary of Kaz. Hilarity.

On his reaction to Orlando Cabrera getting traded: “At first, it was almost put off to the side because we kept hearing about the Ubaldo [Jimenez] trade talks. A lot of people didn’t even know about the trade at first. It was like, ‘Hey, did you hear Orlando got traded, too? Oh, really?’

“I never got to talk to him too much. For all that stuff about his presence in the locker room, you’d have to talk to the other guys on the team. I was only here for about a week before he was traded. I’m sure I wasn’t his favorite player, but he handled it professionally.

“[The trade] was a little bit of confidence boost. It was like, ‘OK, these guys really believe in me; it’s time to step up, meet the challenge and reward them for the faith they’re putting in me.’”

Wonder what A-Cab's thoughts were on OC getting dealt.

Kipnis handled this the right way. He knows it paved the way for him to pretty much take over at 2B. Very professional of the kid.

Love it on both accounts. Kipnis is just taking everything in stride. He doesn't look overwhelmed the way Phelps did. He has the "it" factor. Definitely excited to see this IF grow together.

Agreed. Seems to have one of the better mental makeups for a MLB rookie in some time. Even the way he went in hard at 2B to break up that DP last night. The kid's a player.

Phelps had the disadvantage of a pouting O-Cab in the dugout, though, and a manager who didn't seem all that comfortable replacing a veteran guy. He kept playing him, never really giving Phelps an extended look. Kipnis has the chance to settle in because he knows that he's got the job for the rest of the year regardless of how he plays.

Not saying that Phelps would be equivalent, but the situation is different with OC out of the picture.

Good point Wisc. Certainly, that had a play some role with Phelps. And hey, if that error costs us the game last night, we might all be singing a different tune today on Kip.

But, I do see a strong mental makeup in him. He's not afraid or overwhelmed with The Show. Whether he's sliding in hard on a former MVP, bitching at the ump on a borderline call, or filling up the stat line at Fenway, he's never looked like a rookie to me. And dont forget, he didnt exactly come tearing out of teh gate.

Agreed. Professionals make errors, it happens. Wouldn't have changed my opinion on him. He looks like a player, although I also think that a guy like Jason Donald does as well. I like the way he plays. Hard-nosed. Just wish he'd hit a bit better.

The kid is quickly becoming one of my favorites. The fans have latched onto him already, which is a great thing. He embraces the game, and plays the right way. I still see more Brian Roberts in him than Chase Utley though like some have been saying. Either way, we got a damn good player.